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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Israel Belongs to the Jews (Judean Rose)

Disclaimer: the views expressed here are solely those of the author, weekly Judean Rose columnist Varda Meyers Epstein. Contrary to popular antisemitic belief, Jews are not “white Europeans” who so rudely colonized land where “Palestinian” Arabs had lived for thousands of years. First of all, Jews are neither European nor white. Secondly, one cannot colonize one’s own land....

Antisemites framing the discussion so Israel can't win

Israel-haters/antisemites often use an exceptionally effective method to win in the court of public opinion, known a "framing." When one sets the ground rules of what is and is not up for debate, they can create a playing field where the Zionist or Jewish side cannot win. Forcing Jews to argue within those parameters gives them a huge handicap.One classic example is to pretend...

Even Selichot prove you cannot separate Judaism from love of Zion

During the weeks before Yom Kippur, Jews throughout the world add special supplications to prayers called Selichot. The theme of Selichot is repentance and praying for forgiveness. But even within that theme, you cannot separate Judaism from the longing for Zion that comes in all prayers.Here are some of the selections from today's Selichot (Nusach Ashkenaz):The Lord is great...

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica explains how Zionism "is the lineal heir" to the age-old Jewish attachment to Israel

From Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 edition:ZIONISM. One of the most interesting results of the anti. Semitic agitation has been a strong revival of the national spirit among the Jews in a political form. To this movement the name Zionism has been given. In the same way that anti-Semitism differs from the Jew-hatred of the early and middle ages, Zionism differs from previous...

Cool Jewish unity posters from the '70s

I have been quite disturbed by the partisanship and division happening in Israel, and while I have some opinions, I have been mostly reluctant to discuss them because I try to be more about what every Zionist can agree upon, not division.So I enjoyed this 1974 poster from the Joint Israel Appeal. (I had tweeted it and Ian put it in the earlier linkdump.)Apparently I'm...

Every time anti-Israel activists sing "lo yisa goy" it is a self-own

IfNotNow tweeted on Sunday, "BREAKING: 13 Jewish IfNotNow activists were just attacked by security at the Israel Bonds Conference as they prayed Maariv to protest the visit by genocidal Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who called for a Palestinian town to be wiped out."The video doesn't show them praying Ma'ariv. It shows them singing one of their favorite songs,...

There is a relationship between Zionism and modern Islamic antisemitism

Former HRW head Ken Roth and other haters of Israel like to claim that antisemitic attacks by Muslims to Jews are often a response to Israel's actions, and therefore Israeli actions is partially responsible for those antisemitic attacks.There is a tiny grain of truth there, but the modern antisemites are looking at the issue from the wrong angle.We need to have a short overview...